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Watersheds review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this picture show?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Runoff

c)

Watershed

2.

What is groundwater?

a)

Water that moves underground

b)

Water that runs downhill

3.

What do you call land where water runoff and ground water drain into a large body of water?

a)

Runoff

b)

Watershed

c)

condensation

4.

What is this?

a)

groundwater

b)

Watershed

c)

runoff

5.

what is this showing?

a)

runoff

b)

pollution

c)

groundwater

6.

Scientists sample the water at the "x".

They find bad water quality.

What is the SOURCE of the bad water quality?

a)
City 1 and City 2
b)
City 2 and City 3
c)
City 3 and City 4
d)
City 1 and City 4
7.

Where will all the water in this watershed END up?

a)

Point A

b)

Point B

c)

Point C

d)

Point D

8.

Where are you most likely to find a watershed?

a)

In a lake

b)

On a mountain top

c)

At the bottom of a valley

d)

Everywhere

9.

The picture shown is an example of______

a)

runoff

b)

point source water pollution

c)

nonpoint source water pollution

d)

ground water

10.

Algae blooms are caused by ___.

a)

flooding that causes water levels to rise.

b)

excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff.

11.
What is a watershed?
a)
Water in an area
b)
Water that flows into a river or stream
c)
Land that water flows over and through
d)
Water that is salty
12.

Match the following

a)

1.

Biotic

b)

2.

Abiotic

c)

3.

Watershed

13.

Which watershed is number 1 on the map?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

North Carolina Sounds

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

All of the above

14.

Too many nutrients in water which cause too much algae to grow.

a)

Sediment Pollution.

b)

Nutrient Pollution.

c)

Bacterial Pollution.

d)

Toxic Pollution.

15.

The erosion of soil into rivers and lakes.

a)

Sediment Pollution.

b)

Nutrient Pollution.

c)

Bacterial Pollution.

d)

Toxic Pollution.

16.

What does a pH of 7 mean?

a)

acid

b)

base

c)

neutral

17.

What is the healthiest (best quality) combination listed?

a)
low pH, high nitrates, neutral temperature
b)
low temperature, neutral pH and low nitrates
c)
as many nitrates as possible, low temp and low pH
d)
high temp, high nitrates and high pH
18.

Which is a true statement of the diagram above?

a)

As temperature increases dissolved oxygen increases

b)

As temperature decreases dissolved oxygen decreases

c)

As temperature increases dissolved oxygen decreases

d)

Noe of the above

19.

More photosynthesis means dissolved oxygen ___.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

20.
Under which condition are large numbers of fish in a lake likely to die?
a)

dissolved oxygen is low and temperature is high

b)

right after a storm with heavy rainfall ⛈️

21.

very slow process​​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Both Successions
22.

no soil initially present ​​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Both Successions
23.

soil is initially present ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Secondary Succession
Both Successions
Primary Succession
24.

relatively faster process ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Secondary Succession
Both Successions
Primary Succession
25.

occurs due to natural disaster​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Secondary Succession
Both Successions
Primary Succession
26.

Eutrophication is caused by---

a)

fertilizer runoff creating algal blooms

b)

nutrients causes flowers to bloom

c)

fish grow in algae

d)

land sinks due to over pumping of groundwater